I see. Would there also be an arc if you put your hand near the generator while it was running, then?

Does the human body rapidly discharge into air or something?

Okay, so you’re insulated from ground. The generator charges you up. You are at the same charge as the generator. You let go of the generator. Why is there a potential difference?

Thing that confuses me is that when you let go, you should have the same charge as the generator. No charge difference, no arc. Unless I’m wrong about something, which I probably am (hence my confusion).

Why wouldn’t the electrons go to ground through your body while you’re touching it?

No, I’ve never run Shadowrun. I most often run 5e, GURPS, and VtM.

This would indeed result in no more war, at all. I fail to see the problem. (Besides that it wouldn’t work, of course – but it’s a nice fantasy.)

Yes, there is. Here, have an imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/0b79QIO

The CNN article says that he was selling horns to people in Manhattan. Jurisdiction for international crimes is complicated and I don’t know anything about it really, but my guess is that even if he never personally visited the States, he’s still considered to have committed crimes there – if a drug smuggler used a catapult to launch packages of drugs across the border, it would make sense for them to be charged in the US even if they didn’t ever step foot on American soil.